Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc - Result of General Meeting
PR Newswire
London, July 29
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC
(the "Company")
Result of General Meeting
29 July 2019
Following a General Meeting of the Company held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to Shareholders were passed on a show of hands. Following the passing of the Special Resolution in relation to the proposed Placing Programme, the Company expects to publish a prospectus in relation to the Placing Programme in the coming weeks.
The proxy voting figures are shown below:
| Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld |
| Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||
| 1. To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company. | 56,349,008 | 99.47% | 299,758 | 0.53% | 56,648,766 | 180,932 |
| 2. To authorise the Directors to allot up to a maximum aggregate number of 60 million shares as provided for under the Company's placing programme. | 55,327,789 | 97.80% | 1,246,577 | 2.20% | 56,574,366 | 255,331 |
| Special Resolutions | ||||||
| 3. To disapply the rights of pre-emption in relation to the allotment of securities. | 55,384,572 | 98.27% | 972,387 | 1.73% | 56,356,959 | 472,739 |
| 4. To disapply the rights of pre-emption in relation to the allotment of securities pursuant to the Company's placing programme. | 52,882,263 | 93.89% | 3,443,180 | 6.11% | 56,325,443 | 504,254 |
Notes:
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution.
At the date and time of the General Meeting the total number of Ordinary shares of 25p each in issue and the total number of voting rights was 197,411,712.
The proxy voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's website at www.finsburygt.com
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of General Meeting contained in the Circular dated 28 June 2019 (the "Circular"), which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on the Company's website, www.finsburygt.com
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special business resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. The special business resolutions will additionally be filed with Companies House.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meanings given to them in the Circular.
Disclaimer: Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800NN4ZKX2LG1GQ40
Enquiries:
Victoria Hale
Frostrow Capital LLP
Company Secretary
Telephone: 020 3170 8732
